Caleb Daniel, The Grain of Salt

Striving to be the best at what we do

I played in my second chess tournament this past weekend here in Ruston, and for the second time I was impressed and still a little surprised at how official and serious everything was.

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Archery range – vision made real

Everyone who’s ever been involved in or paid attention to local politics knows that the gears of progress often grind slowly.

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Here's my anti-opinion opinion

It happens all the time.

It’s time to write another weekly column, so I sit down and cast my thoughts in every conceivable direction.

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How should we respond to Cedar Creek lawsuit?

It’s been an intense year for what we could generally call “legal issues” in the Ruston and North Louisiana area.

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Look for editorializing in the news you read

In today’s busy, low-attention, in-and-out world of information, we’ve probably all fallen victim to moments of media illiteracy.

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Why wouldn't you wear a mask?

The other day I drove to Bossier City to cover the groundbreaking ceremony for the new home of the Louisiana Tech Research Institute, which is basically the home of a bunch of defense- and cyber-re